From well before the turn of the century, coal became king in Southern Illinois and reshaped the economies and landscape of many counties, Williamson County among them. Coal mining has always been part and parcel of the lives and livelihoods of most of the citizenry of this county and back in the day if you didn’t work for the coal mines you assuredly knew someone who did. Continue reading
Four Miners Dead, Seven Wounded in a Gas Explosion Near Marion, Illinois Continue reading
With the issue of the Marion Weekly Leader dated March 18, 1971, it will cease to exist after 133 years of service to the people of Marion and Williamson County. Continue reading
Illinois Central Railroad Seeks to sell Depot which was Pride and Joy in 1916 Continue reading
“They were called “hard roads” and they were a rarity in Illinois in the first two decades of the century, but Marion was a center of a movement to get Egypt out of the mud. Continue reading
